Matter of Deandra-Romo, 23 I. & N. Dec. 597 (BIA 2003) (respondent, convicted of two misdemeanor crimes involving moral turpitude, is not precluded by INA 240A(d)(1)(B), 8 U.S.C. 1229b(d)(1)(B), from establishing the requisite seven years of continuous residence for cancellation of removal under INA 240A(a)(2), because his first crime, which qualified under the petty offense exception, did not render him inadmissible, and he had accrued the requisite seven years of continuous residence before the second offense was committed).
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